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The prostitute(s) are back!

OK, well I haven’t seen more than one of them, and she doesn’t seem to be standing in the same place all the time like before, but its definitely her. She is the 60 year-old chain-smoking Asian one. I’m not sure if she’s actually 60, if it is the chain-smoking, or if it is a combination of the two, but she is unpleasantly thin and wrinkly… from 50 ft.

For those of you who don’t remember, my apartment used to have front row seats to a veritable porn-ucopia of prostitutes for fetishists. There was the old, chain-smoking Asian one; the pregnant Hispanic one; the crack-whore "blond" white one; and the snappy potential-dominatrix black one.

Then, one fairly uneventful day, the street walkers (who never did much walking) didn’t come back. The traffic pattern got a little better, the bar lost a little business, the dealers moved on to greener pastures, and I got blinds because the peep show had ended.

But today was a red-letter day! Today I had a small housewarming for my coworkers, and went to show them where the prostitutes used to stand. And what to my wondering eye should appear, but the very harlot I used to hold dear! (When I saw her I made such a clatter, they sprang to their feet to see what was the matter.) 

I wonder whether she just happens to be the most gristled and weather-beaten that she is back walking the streets before the others (she indeed is walking now, up and down the block) but I’m sure time will tell. I’ll see if I can get a picture of her when it is light out so you can all revel in my neighborhood.

So, I got a text message and instead of doing something helpful, my phone decided to crash. While it has happened before, it has never taken all of my data with it.

This means I had to restore from backup all of my data. Unfortunately, I don’t frequently see the need to backup my phone… so I’m looking at a loss of almost a year of data.

It is time to get a new phone I think. I just wish Palm got their act together and released the new Linux-based palm-OS sometime soon. Otherwise I’m going to be getting the Treo 700p and hoping it doesn’t crash like my Kyocera 7135.

If you’ve changed your phone number in the past year, or you’ve only given it to me recently, let me know and I’ll re-add you. 

Thanks to everyone for coming out to celebrate my Apartment-Warming! I am glad everyone enjoyed themselves and got terribly full on my food.

I’ve learned a few lessons and I’m posting them here for others for the future:

• Do not make Borscht
• Check with the Parking Department to see if they are going to implement a bizarre lockdown policy on the primary lot for your apartment.
• Know the number of the person to call to get parking lot unlocked so people can escape.
• Keep a playlist on your ipod marked "Party" for unexpected occasions.
• If you must make borscht, follow the recipe properly… and maybe serve it warm… but just try not to serve it at all.

For those of you who had to escape from the parking lot, I want to apologize for the craziness and let you know that I am registering a formal complaint with the Parking Office, City Hall and Mayor Nancy Cozean herself.

Thanks again, everyone, for coming! If anyone meant to take home some borscht and forgot, I have plenty here for you to come pick up!

I’d like to introduce you all to Blavod: The Black Vodka. Besides being rated "Exceptional" from the Beverate Tasting Institute it layers well and adds some novelty to the boring colorless bar.

The fact alone that it can turn a boring Cape Cod into this makes it worth the purchase.